Tax raids on BBC offices in India ‘deeply worrying’, says Labour

Ministers say they have raised New Delhi and Mumbai raids with their Indian counterparts

Labour has condemned raids by Indian tax authorities on BBC offices in Mumbai and New Delhi as “deeply worrying”, as ministers say they have raised the issue with their Indian counterparts.

In the first major intervention by a main British party following last week’s raids, Fabian Hamilton, Labour’s shadow foreign minister, criticised the Indian authorities and expressed concern that BBC staff had been held overnight for questioning.